Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapie: Ein Beitrag zur Dritten Welle der Verhaltenstherapie
Title (in English): Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Contribution to the Third Wave of Behavior Therapy
Background. For some years behavior therapy has experienced a set of extensions so that some people speak of a third wave of behavior therapy following the cognitive turn in the sixties and seventies of the previous century. The new components of treatment are based on phenomena that scientific psychology has had difficulties to conceptualise like mindfulness, acceptance, distancing from verbal content, spirituality and a transcendent sense of self.
Purpose. This article aims at presenting Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a paradigmatic treatment approach within the third wave of behavior therapy.
Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapie: Ein Beitrag zur Dritten Welle der Verhaltenstherapie
Title (in English): Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Contribution to the Third Wave of Behavior Therapy Background. For some years behavior therapy has experienced a set of extensions so that some people speak of a third wave of behavior therapy following the cognitive turn in the sixties and seventies of the previous century. The new components of treatment are based on phenomena that scientific psychology has had difficulties to conceptualise like mindfulness, acceptance, distancing from verbal content, spirituality and a transcendent sense of self. Purpose. This article aims at presenting Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a paradigmatic treatment approach within the third wave of behavior therapy. Method.